Cornerstones features the writings of Jennifer StJohn and the Fusion Group editorial team. Enjoy these insightful and engaging essays for a different take on business, life and the pursuit of success and serenity.
Think & Do!
“I can see that there’s a lot going on here, General, but does it make any sense?”
– Dr. Stephen Falken
“War Games”
What happened? Is this the ultimate outcome of the 60’s rebellion?
Following the rules — well that’s
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The Guru at the Dining Room Table
“Guru Maharaj Ji. There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. As he said, he was ‘nobody.’ He gave no discourses; the briefest, simplest stories were his teachings. Sometimes he sat in silence, but bliss and peace poured down on us. He said one can reach God while fulfilling his or her duties as a householder: as he, husband, father and village headman gave living demonstration.
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Architects, Culture and Anthropology
“The leader sends a Letter to the Future in the form of the culture he builds today.”
– J. R. St. John
American Author, Consultant, Executive Counselor
(1952 – )
An organization, is many things of course, but most of all it is a composite of agreements, practices, standards, habits and style; all of which serve as explicit, but all too often implicit guides to behavior — “What
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An Excess of Taste
“Less is More!”
-Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
German Architect, Artist, Bauhaus Designer
(1886 – 1969)
“Ability should not become Compulsion!”
-Robert Howard Thomas
American Philosopher,
Getting on the Right Side of the Story
“Everything I’m about to tell you is true. Or it ought to be!”
-Samuel Clemens
“Mark Twain”
American author, Humorist and Social Critic
(1835 – 1910)
It’s one thing to get in front of it and try to write something entertaining.
Quite another to get behind it and simply allow the story to tell you!
Confusing? Yeah. But many experience the challenge of working
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